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The Law and Jake Wade
The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

1958 86 min ★ 6.7 Western

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.

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Cast

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Jake Wade

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Clint Hollister

Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Peggy

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Ortero

Henry Silva

Henry Silva

Rennie

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

Wexler

Burt Douglas

Burt Douglas

Lieutenant

Eddie Firestone

Eddie Firestone

Burke

Richard H. Cutting

Richard H. Cutting

Luke

Roy Engel

Avery

Details

Director

John Sturges

Screenplay

William Bowers

Tagline

"The girl is a captive hostage at the mercy of the West's most notorious bandit-killer."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

J

John Chard

May 20, 2017

★ 8/10

More than meets the eye in John Sturges' excellent Oater. Jake Wade, a former thief and gunman is now the town marshal. Out of a need to clear a debt, he breaks a former accomplice of his, Clint Hollister, out of jail, and almost immediately starts to regret it. It seems that Wade hid some monetary spoils out in the hills and Hollister wants his hands on it. So along with his gang, Hollister fo...

W

Wuchak

October 8, 2021

★ 7/10

_**"This town's not big enough for the both of us" (literally)**_ Released in 1958, "The Law and Jake Wade" stars Robert Taylor as the title character who was an outlaw after the Civil War, but is now a sheriff out West. A member of his former gang, Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark), won't let him start a new life and forces Jake and his fiancé (Patricia Owens) to lead him and a few other ne'er...

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